Battles in the Middle East have left troops and militants dead after Israel moved to increase its ground attacks. Israeli troops reportedly killed 20 Hizbollah guerrillas during the latest clashes in three villages, a few miles into the Lebanese frontier.
Meanwhile, militants killed three Israeli soldiers near the border village of Aita al Shaab.
According to reports, Israel plans to push Hizbollah guerrillas back as far as Lebanon's Litani River - some 13 miles north of its border.
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Israeli army source said the aim is to drive the militants back until a proposed international intervention force could deploy.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's inner security cabinet gave a green light to widen ground operations earlier.
Israeli radio reports said there would be an additional three divisions - which could mean at least a further 15,000 reservists being called up.
Mr Olmert said before the cabinet meeting: "There is no ceasefire, there will be no ceasefire."
The European Union's presidency warned Israel's Lebanese offensive was unlikely to bring success and may increase support for Hizbollah.
Air strikes in southern Lebanon had been suspended until midnight tonight following the deaths of more than 50 people, half of them children, in a bombing raid at Qana.
But ground troops are continuing to exchange fire and Israel says it reserves the right to react if attacked.
An Israeli official said that two-thirds of Hizbollah's long-range missiles have now been destroyed.
Aid groups have been working quickly to get humanitarian supplies to thousands of people caught up in the fighting.
The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she hopes there will be a ceasefire later this week.
The bombing of the Qana building where the children and their mothers were sheltering was the deadliest incident in the three weeks of clashes since two Israeli soldiers were abducted.
At least 577 people have been killed in Lebanon, although the health minister puts the toll at 750, while 51 Israelis have been killed.
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